Devin Powell

All Stories by Devin Powell

  1. Earth

    Venice falling

    Compacting soil means the flood-prone city continues to sink.

  2. Chemistry

    Opioids’ molecular magic unmasked

    New 3-D structures of opiumlike drugs bound to the body’s proteins will aid the development of better painkillers and the battle against drug abuse.

  3. Humans

    Teens win big at science competition

    The top awards in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search go to young scientists working on cancer, innovative sources of energy and behavioral genetics.

  4. Humans

    Science competition finalists go public

    Public day allows high school students to present their projects.

  5. Life

    Microraptor’s true blue colors

    The birdlike dinosaur had black, iridescent feathers that may have helped it attract mates.

  6. Paleontology

    Triceratops reigns alone again

    Fossil comparison fends off a challenge that holds the dinosaur is but the immature version of the Torosaurus.

  7. Life

    Fossil pushes back land-animal debut

    Creatures first squished mud through their five toes millions of years earlier than previously believed.

  8. Earth

    Fault’s twists may shake up earthquake forecasts

    Deep angles along the southern San Andreas mean future temblors may be stronger than predicted.

  9. Earth

    Less sea ice brings more snow

    A melting Arctic shifts atmospheric patterns across much of the Northern Hemisphere, causing severe weather elsewhere.

  10. Mix and Match Qubits

    Hybrid strategy may yield long-awaited quantum computers.

  11. Physics

    Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinos

    In uncovering a technical flaw, physicists now know why an experimental result that couldn’t have been true wasn’t.

  12. Life

    The bloom isn’t off this ancient plant

    Using fruit found in Siberia’s permafrost, scientists grow oldest flowering specimen ever produced from preserved tissue.